Blake

I thought I'd write a little update on all of the Cameron kiddo's!

I'll go in order of oldest to youngest, so first up is Mr. Blake Smith:

Back to school has been a smooth transition for Blake; although he is a little bit more tired than usual!  Blake was excited to be able to join the Cross Country Running Club this year, as grades 4-6 can participate.  He has running club every Monday and Wednesday from 3 -4 pm.  Today he was so excited that he ran in the 'fast' group and ran 5 laps around the school property!  They have a run on the 20th at Laurier Park, which he's looking forward to!  Blake's enjoying having a male teacher in grade 4 this year and getting back into the swing of school aka hanging out with his besties again ;)

Blake started rep conditioning camp back on August 18th.  Conditioning camp rolled into evaluations and finally, teams were made this past Sunday.  It felt like a very long process ;)  Cal coached during conditioning camp and evaluations.  He was interviewed and chosen as a tier 2 coach, way back in the spring.  Of course his coaching job was dependant on Blake making a team.  Blake skated hard and made the KC Crusaders - Atom minor AA (playing tier 2 in EMHA)!  I'm so proud of him and we're all looking forward to another great hockey season!  Go Crusaders Go!!!

Blake is really into a series of books called 39 Clues.  He started reading them this summer, after a recommendation from an employee at Chapter's.  He was very excited when my Mom found a large set of the books at a used book store in Spruce Grove!  Of course she bought them for him, I mean who can say no to a child who has a love for reading!!  He's making his way through them and it warms my book-loving heart to see him enjoying reading :)

So many nights I look in at Blake before I go to bed and I see this long, gangly kid who takes up nearly all of his single bed.  But then I look up at his face and see my sweet 9 year old, often cuddled up with his blanket and special teddy bear and my eyes well up because man, time flies.  I don't want him to grow up so fast but on the other hand, this age is really awesome. I love his insights, his personality, his questions and just spending time with him. Jazz sleeps with Blake every night which seems to have brought them closer!  During the day Blake is always very concerned with where Jazz is.  He's worried Jazz has escaped outside, it's very sweet.

We love our kind, intelligent, funny, handsome, strong, loving boy!

Wrapping up Summer 2016!

We're well on our way to Fall 2016, so I will wrap up the summer updates ;)  It was such a jam-packed, fun-filled summer and I want to remember every moment ... 

On the 27th of July we celebrated a good friends birthday with a surprise backyard BBQ at the Parenteau's!  Many of our mutual friends gathered for Eric's BBQ and it was great to see everyone.  This group of friends is so much fun and we always have a lot of laughs together ;) 

We had a great Edmonton Valley Zoo date with the Stony Plain Cameron's on August 15th!  Our zoo may be small and many areas need updating but we always enjoy our visits!  It's the perfect place to spend a warm, summer day :)

Reese, Blake, Emerson, Colby, Jenna and LUCY!!

I was so excited to hear that the Hrdlicka's were in town and free for a play date!!  We met up with them on August 16th - It was HOT that week, so we met the crew at a new spray park in Sherwood Park.  As always, we had a fabulous time!  The kids always pick up where they left off, just like bff's do ;)  The park was awesome, a new fave for sure!

Thanks for the ice-cream, Uncle Brandon!  This was such a hot day, it was awesome spray park weather :)

On the 29th of August we checked off a summer bucket list item, when we met our friends the Capicio's and the Stecyk's at the Kinsmen Park!  This is such a gorgeous park, nestled in the River Valley and we really wanted to spend some time there this summer!  Glad we fit that in ;)  And as always, it's great to hang with Lindsay, Connor and Mason and we were excited to visit with Melissa, Daeton and Domingo, who we don't get to see very often.

Beautiful, Kinsmen park in the middle of #yeg!

Annnd to finish off these wicked summer updates, I bring you - LAZY DAYS at HOME!!!  From all I've wrote and if you follow me on Instagram (meetthecamerons5), you may think we were go, go, go all summer.  But that's not true!  We had plenty of care-free, unscheduled, LAZY days at home ;)  On most of those days I did not get out of bed until 9/9:30 ish and on a lot of those days I didn't change out of my pj's until after noon (kids included!!)

And few other awesome summer memories ... in photo's :)

Another fabulous day at Summerside Beach Club!!  So grateful to my sister for inviting us to join them!!

Back to school 'do's!  Reese had quite a few inches cut off and it suits her so much!  Em had her ends cleaned up and a beautiful heart braid, just gorgeous :)

Back to school/work mani's for the girls!

A fun night at the Lupul's house, here the girls are playing 'makeover' :)

 Thank you for all the memories, summer 2016!! I've enjoyed sharing them with you all and especially can't wait to look back on them, one day down the road :)

xo
Tracy